Michael Schumacher Awakens from Coma

After being in a coma since December after his skiing accident, Michael Schumacher awakened from his coma and early this morning left the French hospital where he has been receiving treatment

. During his entire stay at the hospital, little information has surfaced about his condition or if he would survive, or if he did wake up, what his future would be like. Doctors did operate on the former Formula One champion after his helmet split open during a skiing accident and they also further operated to remove blood clots in his head, but some had to remain because they were too difficult to remove. Schumacher faces a long rehabilitation, but the good news is that he is facing rehabilitating and not death. I remember when it first happened, the news was that it was not that serious which immediately seemed to change to that he might die, and now he has been released from the hospital. Hopefully he can make some type of recovery and return to a normal life.

Surfer..Oh yes there are HUGE effects after a coma. First and foremost is the feet start to curl and they need to put them in boots to prevent that. Muscle loss after just 2 months is profound. No doubt about it, our muscles are most necessary and if you don't use them they atrophy very quickly.

My friend was in a coma for 2 months and then rehab after that. I am always amazed when Jean Claude Van Damme or some other action hero awakes from a coma after years and they go on a kick ass rampage..No, not they don't. Not possible. She still has long term effects in her hands even after years now.

Every traumatic brain injury is different, depends on how the brain was injured, where it was injured, how long it was without oxygen (if applicable) and how his body reacted to the brain swelling. This is a lesson some of us have learned the hard way. I'm happy for his family that he has some chance at recovery. But he will likely need long term care for the rest of his life. It's a good thing his family can afford it.

My heart goes out to the people who don't have that privilege, as well as to him.

This is not at all even remotely what has been reported. He's been slowly emerging from his medically induced coma. He is "awake" but not mentally aware of his family or surroundings, his brain damage is significant and highly likely to be permanent. Today he is being transferred to a rehabilitation center as best suited a patient in his condition. He didn't just suddenly wake up. That is absurd. If he did they wouldn't transfer him the same day!

I had a friend who was hit by a garbage truck when crossing a road where she had the right of way, been the 4th such accident in her city in a month, and it was an intersection in front of a school, her own sons cross there. When we got the news she was in a medically induced coma we thought she is going to die for sure. I didn't understand at the time that the coma would be her best chance of being saved,by relieving the pressure on the brain – they also removed part of her scalp. Now she got lucky, the first person on scene was an ex nurse, the paramedics were on scene quickly and her city has paramedic crews that specialize in head trauma so her first responders also knew what to do and then she went to a hospital that considered one of the best in the world. They brought her out of the coma after a couple of days and she could recognize her family and speak and even make a joke, which is why I knew Schumacher was in trouble when after a few weeks they were not bring him out of the coma.

It still took a lot of rehab and time to get back to normal, mentally she sustained no significant damage and she returned to a very tough job and got promoted. She also had other injuries of course that had to heal.

Now they are saying Schumacher had blood clots embedded in his brain they could not remove so does that mean they are still in there. That has to be a huge concern.

I've been following this story since it happened, and hoping for the best.

While I am happy for Michael and his family for any signs of improvement, I have lost some measure of regard for him. While reading the last update in April by his spokeswoman, there was a video about Ayrton Senna.

Now that is a story. The more I learned about Senna, the less I liked Michael. Many in F1 are still angry with Michael for celebrating on the podium after Senna's death in Italy in 1994–and refute Michael's comments he didn't know it was so serious. Everyone knew it was a fatal injury before he was taken by help from the track. They literally drove through Senna's blood to continue the race.

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